Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers - Little Deer Isle, ME.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for people in Little Deer Isle who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was brought on by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satisfies cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which stimulates the same neural receptors in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so successful as a substitute for heroin and other prescription opioids.

Clients involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose on a daily basis to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This can be financially and logistically burdensome, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, someone beginning methadone maintenance should know that methadone detoxification is considered way more challenging than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a high dosage of methadone, there are many detoxification programs that will not take methadone maintenance clients since detox can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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